Japanese No Masks

Author : Friedrich Perzynski
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486141284
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese No Masks written by Friedrich Perzynski and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 120 full-page plates of magnificent, elaborately carved, museum-quality masks worn by actors playing gods, warriors, beautiful women, feudal lords, and supernatural beings. Captions.

Author : A. G. Smith
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486279817
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cut and Make Japanese Masks written by A. G. Smith and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1994-06-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve authentic, full-color disguises, including such No masks as a ceremonial old man, the Thunder God, an "Oto" mask used in comic interludes between No plays, as well as masks worn for dance, other types of theatrical roles and temple rituals. Clear diagrams and simple assembly instructions included.

Author : Yukio Mishima
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811201186
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Mask written by Yukio Mishima and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1958 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a man coming to terms with his homosexuality in traditional Japanese society has become a modern classic.

Author : Michishige Udaka
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 156836590X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of Noh Masks written by Michishige Udaka and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgeous photos and insightful text introduce the work of today's foremost Noh mask artist, actor, and teacher. Noh master Michishige Udaka (the only living actor to continue to make masks while still performing and teaching), presents 32 of the more than 200 masks he's created, accompanied by revelatory text about the masks and the simple yet nuanced ancient dramatic art of Noh. Best-selling author Ruth Ozeki, who studied Noh theater with Udaka in Japan, has contributed a new Foreword to the paperback edition.

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141907800
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese No Dramas written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1992-10-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese nõ theatre or the drama of 'perfected art' flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries largely through the genius of the dramatist Zeami. An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects, but the idea of 'form' is more central than 'meaning' and their structure is always ritualized. Selected for their literary merit, the twenty-four plays in this volume dramatize such ideas as the relationship between men and the gods, brother and sister, parent and child, lover and beloved, and the power of greed and desire. Revered in Japan as a cultural treasure, the spiritual and sensuous beauty of these works has been a profound influence for English-speaking artists including W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and Benjamin Britten.

Author : William T. Vollmann
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061228494
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kissing the Mask written by William T. Vollmann and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the National Book Award-winning author of Europe Central, a charming, evocative and piercing examination of an ancient Japanese tradition and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty What is a woman? To what extent is femininity a performance? Writing with the extra-ordinary awareness and endless curiosity that have defined his entire oeuvre, William T. Vollmann takes an in-depth look at the Japanese craft of Noh theater, using the medium as a prism to reveal the conception of beauty itself. Sweeping readers from the dressing room of one of Japan's most famous Noh actors to a trans-vestite bar in the red-light district of Kabukicho, Kissing the Mask explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries. Vollmann then widens his scope to encompass such modern artists of desire and loss as Mishima, Kawabata and Andrew Wyeth. From old Norse poetry to Greek cult statues, from elite geisha dancers to American makeup artists, from Serbia to India, Vollmann uncovers secrets of staged femininity and mysteries of perceived and expressed beauty, including specific makeup procedures furnished by an L.A. transgender bar girl, a Kabuki female impersonator, and the owner of a semi-clandestine studio for Tokyo cross-dressers. Kissing the Mask is illustrated with many evocative sketches and photographs by the author.

Author : Dominique Buisson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Japanese Paper written by Dominique Buisson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the Japanese, paper is far more than the material medium used by Westerners. For them, its purity symbolises the religious offering, and respect for gods and men. Cut out or folded, it extends the code of speech and gesture. Paper also plays a purely utilitarian role, in the form of lanterns, parasols, fans, wrapping paper, or playthings such kites, dolls and origami.

Author : Benito Ortolani
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691043333
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Theatre written by Benito Ortolani and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ancient ritualistic practices to modern dance theatre, this study provides concise summaries of all major theatrical art forms in Japan. It situates each genre in its particular social and cultural contexts, describing in detail staging, costumes, repertory and noteworthy actors.

Author : Zeami
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069110154X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Art of the N_ Drama written by Zeami and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1984-02-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annotated translation is the first systematic rendering into any Western language of the nine major treatises on the art of the Japanese No theater by Zeami Motokivo (1363-1443). Zeami, who transformed the No from a country entertainment into a vehicle for profound theatrical and philosophical experience, was a brilliant actor himself, and his treatises touch on every aspect of the theater of his time. His theories, mixing philosophical and practical insights, often seem strikingly contemporary. Since their discovery early in this century. these secret treatises have been considered among the most valuable and representative documents in the history of Japanese aesthetics. They discuss subjects from the art of the playwright to the reciprocal nature of the relationship between performer and audience.

Author : Zeami
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590309944
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Noh written by Zeami and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese dramatic art of Noh has a rich six-hundred-year history and has had a huge influence on Japanese culture and such Western artists as Ezra Pound and William Butler Yeats. The actor and playwright Zeami (1363–1443) is the most celebrated figure in the history of Noh, with his numerous outstanding plays and his treatises outlining his theories on the art. These treatises were originally secret teachings that were later coveted by the highest ranks of the samurai class and first became available to the general public only in the twentieth century. William Scott Wilson, acclaimed translator of samurai and Asian classics, has translated the Fushikaden, the best known of these treatises, which provides practical instruction for actors, gives valuable teachings on the aesthetics and spiritual culture of Japan, and offers a philosophical outlook on life. Along with the Fushikaden, Wilson includes a comprehensive introduction describing the historical background and philosophy of Noh, as well as a new translation of one of Zeami's most moving plays, Atsumori.